Container mount



July 21, 1964 Filed June 14, 1962 A.MERSON CONTAINER MOUNT 2 Sheets-Sheet l HVVENTOR. AUGUSTUS AUERSON ATTORNEY July 21, 1964 A. MIERSON CONTAINER MOUNT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 14, 1962.

ATTORNEY z E M a w H m/Ml b 8% r///// United States Patent 3,141,646 CUNTAINER MOUNT Augustus Mierson, 421 Market St., San Francisco, Calif, assignor of one-haif to Harry Gardner, San Francisco,

Calif.

Filed June 14, 1962, Ser. No. 202,411 3 Claims. (til. 248-313) The invention, in general, relates to waste receptacles and more particularly relates to means for removably retaining a container on a support whereby the container can readily be taken down, emptied and just as readily slipped in to retaining position again.

While a number and variety of types of brackets have heretofore been devised in order that articles may be seated thereon in a stationary and oftentimes permanent position, a large majority of such former brackets or mounts have been of relatively complex and costly construction and, consequently, economically prohibitive in connection with the particular service they have been devised to fulfil. Other prior mounts or brackets have been difficult to install as well as to operate in given circumstances. The present invention is directed to the provision of an improved mount especially suitable for the retention of containers and of such construction and operation as to obviate disadvantages inherent in prior mounts.

A primary object of my invention is to provide a container mount which effectively and rigidly retains the container in waste receiving position and which is readily dismounted from as well as re-mounted in operative position.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide an improved container mount of the indicated nature which is additionally characterized by the provi sion therein of an integral clamp and release device onto which and from which a container may be slipped with facility.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved container mount of the aforementioned character which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture and of little maintenance expense, and which can be utilized by the unskilled with equal effectiveness as the skilled.

Other objects of the invention, together with some of the advantageous features thereof, will appear from the following description of a preferred embodiment of my invention which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing. It is to be understood, however, that I am not to be limited to the precise embodiment shown, or to the precise arrangement of the several components thereof, as my invention, as defined in the appended claims, can be embodied in a plurality and variety of forms.

Referring to the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of my improved container mount with a container installed thereon.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of my preferred embodiment of the invention, this view also showing a container mounted in Waste receiving position thereon.

FIG. 3 is a front perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear perspective View of a container that can be mounted on my improved mount.

In its preferred form, the container mount of my present invention preferably comprises a generally T- shaped member consisting of a head turned upon itself at one side thereof to define a channel for the reception and pressure-retention of a portion of the upper extremity of the rear panel of a container, and an elongated arm depending from said head and including an off-set clamp fulcrumed thereon for removably receiving a portion of the lower extremity of the rear panel of the container ice and urging the container toward said channel of said head; said clamp being adapted to be moved on its fulcrum to effect the release of the container to permit the emptying thereof.

As particularly illustrated in FIG. 3 of the annexed drawings, my improved container mount, designated generally by the reference numeral 11, is formed to the shape generally of the capital letter T. Preferably, the mount is fabricated of a light-weight metal although the same may be made of a wood or formed from a suitable plastic material to meet any architectural or decorative design. The mount includes a T-head 12 which is provided with suitable holes 13 and 13 for passing screws 14 to enable the removable fastening of the mount to a wall, or upon a door or the like. As shown particularly in FIGS. 2 and 3, the head 12 is fashioned with a fiat section 16 which lies parallel to a support, such as the wall or door 17, when installed by means of the screws 14, passing through holes 13 and 13', as well as an integral off-set section 18 which projects the head away from the wall 17. The head 12 also includes a straight section 19 which merges with the ofi-set section 18 and which lies substantially parallel to the flat section 16; such straight section being turned upon itself laterally and then downwardly to define a channel 21 at the upper extremity of the mount, opening toward the flat and off-set section of the head. The improved mount of the present invention also includes an elongated arm 22 which depends normal to the head 12 from the approximate longitudinal center thereof; such arm 22 conveniently being riveted, as at 23, to the T-head.

In accordance with my present invention, I provide on the free or lower extremity of the arm 22 a container clamp element 26 which I preferably arrange to fulcrum on the arm so that it is flexible or resilient and upon the application of pressure on an integral pedal section 27 of the clamp there will be relative movement or a flexing action between the arm 22 proper and the clamp element 26 thereof. To this end, the arm 22 is extended, off-set at two places, and turned upon itself thus defining a laterally extending channel seat 28 of double thickness at the juncture of the arm extension and pedal section 22 for the reception and retention of the bottom edge of the back of a container as hereinafter explained. In addition, the the extremity of the extended arm 22 is permanently secured in spaced relationship to the straight section of the arm approximately at the juncture of the arm proper and its off-set extension, defining the clamp element 26, by means of screws 29 extending through relatively hard rubber washers 31 and 32 and into the door or Wall 17 to effect a fulcrum for the clamping element with respect to the arm 22. Since the arm 22 with its extension is fabricated of a lightweight resilient metal, and since the clamp element 26 thereof is fulcrumed thereon by means of the washers 31 and 32 and the double off-set portions of the arm extension, the clamping element 26 may be readily moved toward the axis of the major portion or straight section of arm 22 by the application of force applied to the pedal section 27 of the clamping element 26.

With particular reference to FIGS. 1-3 inclusive of the annexed drawings, it will be apparent that a container, which is generally designated by the reference numeral 35, may readily be slipped onto the mount 11 and may with equal facility be slipped off the mount. It is only necessary, in clamping a container in position on the mount for filling, to insert a portion of the upper ex tremity of a rear panel 36 of the container, such as a central portion of such upper extremity, up and into the channel 21 of the head 12; and then apply a slight pressure against the front panel 37 of the container 35, to move a central portion of the lower extremity of the rear panel 36 into the seat 28 of the clamp element 26. it is to be appreciated that the distance between the upper and lower edges of the rear panel 36 of the container 35 is approximately equal to the distance between the top of channel 21 of head 12 and the bottom of the seat 28 of the clamping element. With container 35 thus seated on the clamping element 25, the upper edge of the rear panel 36 of the container is urged into engagement with the top of channel 21 and is retained therein by the pressure exerted on such portion of the upper edge of rear panel 36 of the container by the back wall and front inturned wall of the channel 21. To release the pressure so applied and permit dismounting of the container, it is only necessary to apply pressure, such as with the shoe of an operator, upon the pedal section 27 of clamping element 26 which lowers the seat 28 thereof as the clamping element is swung or moved on its fulcrum comprising the washers 31 and 32. This application of pressure with the lowering of seat 23 of the clamping element relieves the clamping pressure against both the upper and lower edges of the rear panel 36 of the container and lowers the upper edge of such rear panel from the channel 21 of the mount, thus permitting the operator to grasp and slip off the container 35 for emptying.

For purposes of decorative motif the exposed outer surface of the head 12 and of the pedal section 27 of the clamping element 26 may be chromium-plated or other wise treated to furnish a polished appearance. It will be noted that the pedal section 27 of the clamping element 26 is the only portion thereof which is normally visible, and such visibility is only from a distance from the wall or door 17 upon which the mount is installed. Ordinarily therefore, such pedal section 27 is not observed and it is somewhat diflicult as a normal thing for a member of the public to remove the container, because of his lack of information of how to find or to operate the clamping element 26 to effect removal of the container 35 from the mount.

In FIG. 4 of the annexed drawings, I have illustrated a container 135 which is generally similar to the container 35 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in that it includes a rear panel 136 and a front panel 137. However, container 135 is supplied with a rubber bumper 140 along the entire upper edge of the rear panel 136 thereof in order to prevent the marring of the container and render it either unsightly or subject to repeated painting because of its frequent and recurrent engagement with the top and walls of the channel 21 of the T-head 12. Naturally, because of the increased width of the upper edge of the rear panel 136 of the container 135 by reason of the added bumper 14th, the channel 21 of T-head 12 of the improved mount 11 will be required to be made slightly larger to accommodate such increased thickness of such upper edge of the rear panel 136 of the container 135. It is to be understood that the showings of the containers 35 and 135 are for the purposes of illustration only as the containers per se are no part of my present invention.

It is to be understood that the appended claims are to be accorded a range of equivalents commensurate in scope with the advances made over the prior art.

I claim:

1. A container mount for removably seating and clamping a container in a position for receiving waste through an open top thereof, said container mount comprising a horizontally disposed head strip including a horizontally disposed lower section and an integral horizontally disposed upper section outwardly oflset from said lower section, and a laterally projecting and then downwardly extending flange on the upper edge of said upper section of said head strip; said flange defining a horizontally extending channel opening toward said lower section for the reception of the upper edge of the back of a container, a vertically disposed arm connected to said lower section of said head strip at approximately the longitudinal center thereof and depending therefrom; said vertically disposed arm including a double off-set arm extension projecting outwardly from and integral with said vertically disposed arm; said double off-set arm extension defining a lower channel seat for the reception of a portion of the bottom edge of the back of the container, and a container clamping element including a pedal section for actuation to release the container from said horizontally extending channel and said lower channel seat, and fulcrum means connecting the outer end of said arm extension to said vertically disposed arm above the juncture of said off-set arm extension and said vertically disposed arm to provide a double thickness to said off-set arm extension as well as to efiect the fulcruming of said pedal section on said vertically disposed arm.

2. An article mount for removably seating and clamping an article in upright position, said article mount comprising a horizontally disposed head strip; said head strip being adapted to be removably secured to a support and including a horizontally disposed lower section, an integral horizontally disposed upper section outwardly offset from said lower section, and a laterally projecting and then downwardly extending flange on the upper edge of said upper section of said head strip; said flange defining a horizontally extending channel opening toward said lower section for the reception of the upper edge of the back of an article, a vertically disposed arm connected to said lower section of said head strip at approximately the longitudinal center thereof and depending therefrom; said vertically disposed arm including an off-set arm extension projecting outwardly from and integral with said vertically disposed arm; said off-set arm extension defining a lower channel seat for the reception of the bottom edge of the back of the article, and an article clamping element including a pedal section for actuation to release the article from said horizontally extending channel and said lower channel seat, and fulcrum means connecting said vertically disposed arm to the support above the juncture of said off-set arm extension and said vertically disposed arm to eifect the fulcruming of said pedal section on said vertically disposed arm.

3. A container mount as defined in claim 1 wherein the transverse center of said horizontally extending channel of said head strip and the transverse center of said lower channel seat of said off-set arm extension are in vertical alignment so that a container clamped to the mount is supported in upright position.

References Cited in the file of this patent 

1. A CONTAINER MOUNT FOR REMOVABLY SEATING AND CLAMPING A CONTAINER IN A POSITION FOR RECEIVING WASTE THROUGH AN OPEN TOP THEREOF, SAID CONTAINER MOUNT COMPRISING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED HEAD STRIP INCLUDING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED LOWER SECTION AND AN INTEGRAL HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED UPPER SECTION OUTWARDLY OFFSET FROM SAID LOWER SECTION, AND A LATERALLY PROJECTING AND THEN DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE ON THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID UPPER SECTION OF SAID HEAD STRIP; SAID FLANGE DEFINING A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING CHANNEL OPENING TOWARD SAID LOWER SECTION FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE UPPER EDGE OF THE BACK OF A CONTAINER, A VERTICALLY DISPOSED ARM CONNECTED TO SAID LOWER SECTION OF SAID HEAD STRIP AT APPROXIMATELY THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER THEREOF AND DEPENDING THEREFROM; SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED ARM INCLUDING A DOUBLE OFF-SET ARM EXTENSION PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM AND INTEGRAL WITH SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED 